KEMI ASHING-GIWA enjoys learning about the real universe as much as she likes making ones up. She studied integrative biology and astrophysics at Harvard, and is now pursuing a PhD in the Earth and Planetary Sciences department at Stanford. She has published several short stories with Tor.com (now Reactor), Anathema, The Sunday Morning Transport, Clarkesworld Magazine, and others. This World Is Not Yours is her first novella.